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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
BORDERLAND, by AMY LEVY Poet's Biography
First Line: Am I waking, am I sleeping?
Last Line: For the nights are short in june !
Subject(s): Night; Bedtime
First Line: Am I waking, am I sleeping?
Last Line: For the nights are short in june !
Subject(s): Night; Bedtime
AM I waking, am I sleeping ?
As the first faint dawn comes creeping
Thro' the pane, I am aware
Of an unseen presence hovering,
Round, above, in the dusky air :
A downy bird, with an odorous wing,
That fans my forehead, and sheds perfume,
As sweet as love, as soft as death,
Drowsy-slow through the summer-gloom.
My heart in some dream-rapture saith,
It is she. Half in a swoon,
I spread my arms in slow delight. --
O prolong, prolong the night,
For the nights are short in June !
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